investigators are working with hayward police today to identify a body found yesterday by volunteers searching for missing nursing student michelle le. the body was found in a remote area near sunol while family and friends were searching for the 26-year-old. leslie brinkley reports. >> i would equate it to like an archeological dig. we have people on their hands and knees with brushes and they are digging around the remains and they are going to do the best they can to pull the remains out one hole movement. >> the alameda county sheriff's office and police swarmed into the remote canyon near interstate 680 and sunol at 10:30 saturday morning after a volunteer searching reported a body had been found. >> one of the search members did discover remains. right now that's all we know.

there is nothing that indicates gender with the remains. the body is decomposed. >> it could be weeks before the body is positively identified if dna testing is required. alameda county's crime lab is processing all the evidence. this was the eighth time the family of missing nursing student michelle le mounted an independent search for her. brad dennis was in charge of the team that found the human remains. >> we actually had law enforcement on the search and they secured the area and we backed out of the area. >> hayward police already searched this same creekbed already according to those nearby. >> apparently the last message from the cellphone was somewhere around this area so the cops are using this area as a base. >> they have been searching here a lot? >> yeah, they search here about three times. >> the family had no comment on the remains. michelle lee was last seen in a parking garage in hayward on may 27th. >> right now it's unknown if the body found here is that of

michelle le or that of someone else. they are hoping to at least determine if the remains were that of a male or female in the next few days. leslie brinkley. abc7 news. >> giselle esteban, a former friend of le, was arrested earlier this month and charged with murder in the case. they believe she attacked the nursing student in the parking garage in hayward. esteban is due back in court tomorrow. >> there are renewed calls to permanently end the airshow in reno after friday's deadly crash. the death toll now stands at 9. ntsb investigators took their first tour of the season last -- ever the scene last night. during friday's race as world war ii p-51 mustang took a nose dive, crashing into the tarmac.

spectators nearby were hit by a wall of flying shrapnel. adam wong has our update. >> some noticed a strange gurgling engine noise from above. seconds later the p-51 mustang pitched upward, twirled and nose dived into a vii section. >> he's going up at an impossible angle slightly above vertical and twisted and turned and, wham! it was all brown smoke and debris. >> it started wobbling. >> there were a lot of broken bones and amputations. national transportation and safety board investigators are now carefully examining photos and video of the final seconds before the crash, including photos that appear to show a trim tab breaking off the tail. the plane's flight data holds

crucial information, but investigators say it's unlikely the plane had a recorder. >> they raise that question because of modifications of the impact. it's unclear given the impact and speed whether there would be anything available. >> the ntsb confirmed that veteran pilot leeward modified his plane to go faster by shortening the wing span by five feet. >> he has simulated access to exemplar aircraft that has helped the investigators further understand the systems in the modified aircraft. >> they will be also looking into the pilot, the plane and environment despite the impact that shattered the plane into thousands of tiny pieces. they recovered portions of the tail from the crash that left a crater 3 feet deep and six to eight feet wide.

investigators have recovered an object which may be the piece seen falling off the tail section. at this point they are just calling it an object. >> as we mentioned, the pilots and crewmembers are now questioning the fate of their sport. abc7's johnathan bloom sat down with some of them and talked to one man who is worried this crash could bring the entire sport of air racing to an end. >> we know it could happen and the pilots, there's always someone that crashes every year but it's never been in a crowd. >> taylor has been building airplanes with his father since he was 12 years old. he's always known that it's dangerous. >> it's rough. >> but watching it plunge to the ground was like nothing he had ever seen. >> it looked like it was coming towards us so i was running for the hills. you see ambulance after ambulance go by and it's a sick feeling you have to deal with. >> now he's dealing with another sick feeling, knowing that as a result of veteran pilot jimmy leeward's tragic crash, he might never see the reno air races again.

>> i look forward to this so it's hard to know we're not coming pack. >> so you are not going to come back next year? >> there won't be any races. there was such a tragedy and horror that the pilots i have heard talking say they are done, they are done flying. they are throwing in the rag really. >> among the somber pilots and crewmembers slowly packing up to go home, many say they doan want it to be the end. >> i would hate to see this industry, the airshow and air racing industry be shut down because of this accident. >> the pilot said the air racing world is tight-knit and leeward was right at the center. >> i grew up hearing about his reputation and what a great person he was, not only as a pilot, but also as a mentor to other pilots. >> christian's wife is fielding frantic friends from friends and family. >> we probably had 500 calls, text messages and e-mails because a lot of people know he was flying in the race. >> but her thoughts are with the friends and family of those hospitalized.

>> tell people to just pray. >> while dozens of victims are treated for their injuries, the fate of air racing itself lies in the hands of federal authorities. their investigation will determine not only the cause of the crash, but also whether it's safe for the sport to continue. in reno, johnathan bloom, abc7 news. san jose police say their top priority this weekend is to find a man who has been on a violent crime spree since friday morning. police are looking for this man, 33-year-old paul castillo. he's wanted for armed robbery, kidnapping and murder. >> body of the mother was found here. the cell phone photos show police at the house. we are following the story and bring you this up date from san jose.

this has neighbors shocked. >> all the neighbors are all worried. they want him to get caught. >> he said castillo has lived in the house for about a month and has always made neighbors searching. they are searching for castillo, who they say is armed, dangerous and desperate. he's 5'9", 20 pounds. they say his capture is top priority. >> it's number one priority. we have this type of crime and we do not experience these types of crime in san jose very often. >> casstillo began his one man crime spree friday morning at the chevron station on lincoln avenue. he observed the man pumping gas and then shot him. he sped off in the black nissan z that was recovered an hour later. this is where police say he carjacked cindy une. her employer told her yesterday the last he heard she was getting help with her stalled car. >> asking one of us to help, come out and give her a jump because her battery die. five minutes later she come back and say there's been a hispanic person offering to help her. and that's the last we heard of her. >> dozens of officers, including a s.w.a.t. team, searched the mount clair homes after they

spotted a man that liked him. they fired at him and chased him into the complex. the search came up empty. >> he's been described as a one man crime spree and there's no way to even speculate what is in his mind or what is causing this. >> the san jose police are warning if anyone is actually helping castillo evade police, they will be prosecuted for aiding a homicide suspect. also they say if anyone spots castillo, to not approach him but to call 91 is immediately. abc7 news. coming up next, the release of two u. c. berkeley hikers jailed in iran hits another snag. dashing hopes of them being released to the. and president obama's new proposal for a tax hike on the

>> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> a vacationing judge is all that stands in way of two u. c. berkeley hikers convicted of spying. shane bauer and sean fattal have been held in an iranian prison for two years now. they say they can only get one signature today on the bail

arrangement that would set them free. two signatures are required. mediators are standing by and so is plane ready to take the pair out of iran the minute they are released. all of that is now on hold until tuesday morning at the earliest when the vacationing second judge returns. tomorrow president barack obama plans to announce the details of his so-called buffett tax plan. it's a new tax rate for the wealthy. his goal is to ensure millionaires pay the same tax percentage as middle income payors. it's for long-term deficit reduction. it will be announced tomorrow. the new base tax rate is named after warren buffett, the billionaire investor who says rich americans are not paying their fair share of taxes. the california republican convention wraps up in kansas.

only two presidential candidates made appearances there. michele bachman spoke, and yesterday it was ron paul's turn in the spotlight. >> i believe there's a time for attitude and change for direction in this country. >> paul has gained momentum in the race for the white house in recent weeks. he's running third behind rick perry and mitt romney. >> lisa is here to talk about a warm-up on the way. >> fog-free conditions and another 30 minutes or so until sunrise. you see from this shot it looks gorgeous out there. temperatures are cool. only 46 at half moon bay. low 60s out by the delta. how long the warm-up will last, that's coming up. >> also coming up, stanford begins pac12 play against arizona with a win but suffers a big loss to their defense. we've got your highlights coming up in this morning's sports.

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hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. >> so the weather, you and i like it on the cool side so it might be uncomfortable for us but a lot of people waiting for this. >> it's a different kind of warmth when we get into september. we are talking about the autumn days that are a little shorter. as we start out this morning, it's beginning to get light out there. the official sunrise 6:54. setting earlier and earlier at

7:13 this evening. we are looking for the warming trend to last right on through the middle of next week. in fact, when we do cool down there will be some subtle cooling, at least until it looks likes autumn begins, which is less than a week away on friday. take a look at half moon bay, 46 degrees. low 60s in antioch. clear skies this morning. the offshore flow really getting underway today. we saw some warming yesterday but today you will really feel it, especially at the coast. only 63 half moon bay yesterday w we will see the numbers come up into the mid-and upper 60s. warm to hot by the middle of the week. we will reach about 90 today in the inland valley. here is where we usually find the fog moving on into the bay, across the bay. notice by 5:30 tomorrow morning eats still well offshore and that's thanks to a northerly gradient. the beach temperatures in the 60s. but the overall pattern will keep the numbers climbing

through the afternoon and the fog off the coast at least through the middle of the week. look at the 80s in the east bay, santa clara, and some of the 90s poking into the delta, as well as the north bay. you will definitely feel the warmer air today and that is thanks to warmer weather building in. this has been dominating our weather all summer long and throughout the strong. for the next week or tee, four, five days, we will see this area of high pressure control our weather and that allows for warmer days. so enjoy it. it should be pretty nice around here. temperatures in the low 80s to 90s today from sacramento to san joaquin valleys with low 80s here in los angeles. we are talking about 74 in lake tahoe, waking up to numbers around freezing there. 80 sunyvale, and campbell coming if at 83. coming up, in fact normal highs upper 70s here. root around normal.

san francisco 72 today. a gorgeous day downtown. 86 sonoma with mid-80s in santa rosa. even by the water of vallejo, 80 degrees. 77 berkeley. san leandro 80 today. about 3:00 82 castro valley with concord many in at 89. you were warming another four or five degrees here. pleasanton 88 and 90 livermore. by the monterey bay a clear start making for a warmer afternoon with 74 at the boardwalk. 85 hollister. inland it will be warm today, tomorrow, midweek with mid-90s around the bay. mid-and upper 80s towards the early part of the week. and 70s at our beaches with just some subtle cooling. a little patchy fog coming our way thursday and the first day of autumn, friday. >> yeah, it will be christmas before you know it. i know you hate it when i say that. thanks, lisa. coming up at 8:00, one of our

favorite shows, good morning america. i know you are there with reno with your reporters? >> that's right. we have two reports from reno. good morning to you, carolyn. new details on what may have caused the fiery crash at an airshow that killed nine people and injured dozens more. a look at another airshow tragedy this weekend where there was yet another death. we are live in reno. and ted kennedy's only daughter collapses and dies suddenly at 51 at the gym. we have more from the family, who has already endured so much. and there will be a stage reenactment of events that led up to the disappearance of robin garner in aruba. what could this tell investigators on the day she went missing. and on a much wider note, the reckless mission to form a band and to form in front of hundreds of people on a broadway stage. did we rock it or did we bomb?

carolyn, let me just say i'm not going to quit my day job anytime soon. i hope they will still keep me employed here at abc news because i don't think broadway will take me anytime soon. >> but that took a lot of guts to get out there and do that. >> i don't remember anything from that night. it did take a lot of guts. i don't know who that woman was on stage. i think i was bianna crazy. i don't know what i was doing but we managed to get through the night. >> we look forward to seeing that. i saw you practicing yesterday. we want to see that show. we will look for you at 7:00 have a great day. >> you too. >> we will now turn to sports. raiders are in buffalo taking on the bills and the niners and the cowboys rekindle the old rivalry at candlestick this afternoon. last night stanford was in arizona looking to start 3-0. here's schu with the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning.

>> sixth-ranked stanford should move into the top five with the win over arizona last night in tucson. wildcat fans waving their keys. still trying to figure that one out. trent murphy in a gang of cardinals swarming for the sack. later in the first a great call by david shaw on fourth and one. the pitch to anthony wilkerson, who gets the first down and a lot more. 24 yards on the scoreboard. cardinals nothing. bad news for the cardinals, shaneco. the left leg bends awkwardly and he leaves the game and would not return. cardinals up 16-10 at the half. they dominate the second half. luck on third and 8. what a throw on the run to zach. two td passes for luck and the cardinals are now 3-0 with a 37-10 victory. cal hosting presbyterian in their true home opener at at&t park. bears got on the board early and often. cevelli, two touchdowns on the day. and he ran for 105 yards. cal already up 21-0 in the second quarter.

51-yard touchdown. he had 7 catches, 123 yards. 28-0, bears. later in the half maynard again to his half brother, keenan allen. maynard only plays the first half and through for 215 yards and three touchdowns. jeff went to so many fits as the head coach he's now the winningest coach in cal history. nevada at the one. a great throw and enter catch by buntly. they punch it in to get three. late in the fourth, fogner going for the gusto and the win. picked off in the end zone. spartans go down 17-14, falling to 30-3. well, the giants facing the rockies and they are playing well at the season'sen. they get reinforcements today. johnson, and bruce bochy riding a six game win streak coming in.

they are even getting offense from the pitching staff. eric is up the middle. two huff out rbi single with a score. in the sixth rockies feet back. dexter fowler, brings home two. rockies on top 3-2. giants up in the eighth. carlos beltran rips it into right off huston street. rbi double scores andre torres. game tied at three, and then brad pill, all the way to the gap. two more come home on the triple. 4-run eighth. giants win it. arizona loses. atlanta wins and the giants five back in both the wildcard and the national league west. a's hosting the tigers to clinch the american league central friday night. bottom of two, scott sizemore punches one in right. in comes brandon allen. a's on top, 1-0. two batters later they get another. coco crisp drops in front of austin jackson. the a's go on to 5-3 victory.

49ers host buffalo. we will have the highlights at five. i'm mike shumann. have a great day. >> coming up, a shocking discovery. people look for missing nursing student, michelle le. of, uncover a body. and the hazards ever the san francisco skyline and the review unnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

>> welcome back, everyone. an alameda county medical examiner will try to identify a body found yesterday by volunteers searching for missing nursing student michelle le. if dna tests are required, that could take weeks to determine. the volunteers were checking a remote area off interstate 680 near sunol when one searcher found human remains. a hayward police officer with the group immediately sealed off that area and called in sheriff's crime scene investigators. >> one of the search party members did discover remains. right now that's all we know. there is nothing that indicates gender with the remains. the body is decomposed. >> searchers were checking that area because it was one of the last places that michelle le's cellphone signal was detected.

she disappeared last may from the kaiser permanente hospital in hayward. giselle esteban is charged with le's murder. she has yet to enter a plea. she's due back in court tomorrow. federal investigators are on the scene of the air crash at the reno airshow. nine people died and dozens more are injured. we have the latest on the investigation. >> the national championship air races were screaming across the desert sides. one vintage plane pitched violently upward, rolled and plunged into a vip viewing area on the tarmac. disintegrating in shrapnel that cut through the crowd. parts of things knowing through the air. >> i dropped down and got underneath the chair and just covered my head and kind of put my legs up. >> at least 50 people were rushed to hospitals. saturday officials announced there were nine dead, including the pilot.

74-year-old jimmy leeward was the pilot, a popular veteran stunt pilot on the air show circuit. leeward lived in florida where he developed an air ranch, a pilot's paradise where people can build their homes and keep their planes. >> that was his life. >> he died doing what he loved the most other than his family and his god. >> some suspect leeward may have blacked out during the race. organizers say they believe it was a mechanical failure. compare these two photographs. this is leeward's world war ii vintage plane earlier in the day and this is it just before the crash. look at the tail and along the sides. you can see parts breaking off. ultimately it will be the ntsb who determines exactly what caused the crash. >> this accident took only a few seconds to occur. it is going to take the ntsb months to not only put the factual information today, but analyze it. >> diane, abc news, nevada.

>> there was another deadly airshow crash yesterday in west virginia. the pilot was killed when his world war ii era plane went down. two planes were flying belly to belly. one split away, crashing into a ball of fire. federal officials are investigating. on tuesday morning survivors of the san bruno gas line explosion will join city leaders in a ceremony to literally close a wound caused by the blast a year ago. they will pick up shovels and begin filling in the gaping crater caused by the explosion that killed 8 people and destroyed 38 homes. pg&e crews will take over the job starting tuesday afternoon. in about three weeks the spot will be filled in, paved over and sidewalks replaced. our media partner, the san jose mercury news, also reports that pg&e has finally agreed to decommission and to remove the remaining section of pipeline from the glenview neighborhood.

well, some might call it bird brain, but the city of san francisco is one step closer to adopting a measure that would require developers to build bird-friendly structures. city planners say millions of birds are dying every year all over the country, and here in the bay area, because they can't tell the difference between a pane of glass and an open space. >> in the old movie classic, the birds are attacking people. in real life they are the victims of what humans have made, office building with transparent or reflective glass windows that are invisible to birds as they fly on their migratory paths. studies, including one from the u.s. fish and wildlife service show up to a billion birds die throughout north america every year from slamming into buildings. >> how many bird detectives do -- bird deaths do you believe there are in san francisco each year? >> we really can't say that without conducting a study here, but we know there are several. >> michael lines and his organization, golden gate audubon society, are supporting a proposal being debated at city hall.

with some exceptions it would require primarily the lower 60 feet of any new building, those being renovated, those near the water or green space to have design elements that prevent or minimize bird collisions. for example, san francisco's new federal building have screens that are on the facade. other solutions could be frosted panes or netting. >> it is an ultraviolet pattern birds can see, but it is basically invisible to humans. >> this july they voted 5-1 in favor of the proposal. michael was the lone aopponent who thinks it is for the birds, especially since he's never seen a casualty. >> you would think if it was a serious problem you would see a few of them on the ground once in a while. >> and he says with no hard data on bird strikes in san francisco, this is a solution in search of a problem. >> this is what we are famous for. >> architects are also concerned.

>> unfortunately, some of the products being recommended by the planning department are simply unavailable or are incredibly expensive. >> some developers are already making design alterations. the audubon society ashowers us that there are hundreds ever species that make their way through the city. >> it's not about being a nanny state, it's about being responsible for the impacts we have on the environment. >> the supervisors are expected to take the first of two votes on the issue this tuesday. >> fall initial arrives this week. >> friday less than a week away and feeling the typical san francisco style with some warm weather. fog-free conditions this morning. the sun officially up. 6:54. it's chilly along the coast. we warmed up a little yesterday. the warm-up continues through midweek. i'll explain coming up. >> thank you, lisa. also ahead, the underwater challenges of butting that new exploritorium along the

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to talk about. >> yes, and we are well overdue. fardinger is higher when we get into this pattern, especially upper elevations with the brush dries out quickly. be careful. the marine layer all but disappeared this morning. we will see it a little bit

compressed from time to time at the coast. gorgeous conditions out there. 6:54, the official sunrise. the sun sets at 7:1. we've got stopped out into the mid-40s here in the coast. with the longer nights definitely getting cooler in the morning. mild at concord at 67. 51 napa and 50 in oakland. so the clear start this morning. a beautiful sunrise. the offshore flow today taking us right on through tuesday and even into wednesday. but we will see a little bit more in the way of patchy fog come back. so this means warm to hot temperatures right on throughout the middle of the week. we are talking mid-90s in the inland valleys as soon as tomorrow. much of it due to the northerly pressure gradeient. the numbers warm rather quickly and the coolest temperatures of course at our coast but even the low 60s half moon bay being

translated into upper 60s. san francisco coming in around normal, a couple degrees above normal at 72. even the east bay communities in the 60s. mid-80s santa clara and a few 90s coming into the picture. we will look for some lighter winds to the for sure, and then in the days ahead things really begin to dry out as this high builds on in. so the numbers warming up not only at the surface but the upper levels of the atmosphere and the big high deflecting the storm systems well to the north. it doesn't look like any big dramatic change even by the middle to the end of the week. we will look for the ridge to retreat a little bit. but all models are indicating a beg change by next weekend. so enjoy the mild weather out there. 80 los angeles, 92 in press no. kind of toasty in the valleys. and week home we are looking at 81 santa clara, 86 here. lots of low to mid-80s from the south bay, even the

peninsula getting into the lower 80s from palo alto and mountain view. 73 milbrae. half moon bay feeling good at 64 degrees. low 70s san francisco. mid-70s down toward south city and in the north bay look for highs from the low 80s. oakland coming in at 78 with 83 in union city and fremont about 84. you go inland and we will see highs from 88 in danville to 92 in brentwood. 87 walnut creek. monterey you are clear this morning. still very comfortable, 70 degrees there. 90 in gilroy. the 90s are hard to come by this summer but you can see them right across the board from low 90s inland today and mid-90s through tuesday. 70 at our beaches and then upper 60s around the bay so definitely toasty. the sun setting earlier and earlier and autumn comes our way early friday morning. >> can't believe it.

>> right on cue, right? >> yeah. thanks, lisa. a one of a kind construction project is in full swing on the san francisco waterfront. the exploritorium is creating a new hands on science museum. it's being built for the future about you construction crews have to first shore up the past. here's dan ashley with what it takes to prepare a historic pier for a new life. >> they start work a little differently than most construction workers. thomas is working on, or rather under pier15 in san francisco. two years from now the pier will be the new home of the exploritorium, a state of the art facility. but first the old pier, built in 1915, is getting a retrofit to withstand an earthquake up to 8.2. they took a tv 7 news crew below deck on a boat tour.

>> the boat we are riding in was custom built for this project. >> this is a massive undertaking. work on the decks and pilings alone will cost $50 million. it's low tide so the crew is scrambling to do as much as possible before the water rises. >> probably the one thing that impacts us the most is the waves out here. hang on! we're going to bounce. hang on. that's the swells. there's probably a ferry boat that came by. >> there's a cave-like feeling under here with more than 100 workers clammoring around the site. they are stationed in teams, some on top of the deck, some underneath. many have been partners for years. >> you can trust and depend on them because they might need to save your life. >> right now they are replacing old pilings. first they are covered in rebar and then covered in a shell. and concrete is pumped in and it's closed off when it is done. divers make it happen in very murky conditions under the water. >> a lot of times you can't see your hand in front of your face.

so you close your eyes, kind of go to work and feel around. >> your face is dry and warm. you breathe normally. >> the oxygen tanks for the divers provide them with air as they go down and work on the piers below. the tubes provide not just oxygen, but also warm water to circulate through their wet suits because it's cold down there. the divers' helmets have microphones, so they are in constant connection with the supervisor. high everhead a new crane is lowering new pilings. on top of the pilings there is a huge concrete block to support the deck. the public, however, will never see this. divers say sometimes there's an audience. >> every once in a while you see a crab or a fish or something like that. once in a while a sea lion will come by. >> it is scheduled to open in 2013.

>> dan ashley, abc7 news. >> the exploritorium is leasing two piers from the city and part of the deal is the museum pays for all the improvements. they are still work to go raise the $300 million the whole project will cost. and don't forget the original exploritorium at the palace of fine arts is still open. we have a link at apc7 news.com under see it on tv. don't go away, 7 on your side is next. >> it sounds like an excuse, but for one family the dog really did eat their paper. i'm michael finney with their story and how we helped ahead on 6ñ6p

at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. morning to you. it's 6:48 on this september 18th. this is a live look at the heavenly mountain resort, courtesy of the resort's sports network. it's in the mid-30s there and clear. climbing up to the 70s. i love the shot of the sunrise on its way. it's a thing of beauty. things looking good here in the bay area too. lisa is along shortly with a full accuweather forecast. we've all heard that classic excuse, the dog eight my homework. well, in this case the dog eight

$49,000. 7 on your side's michael finney stepped in to help get that money back. >> this is jack. like any normal puppy he likes to play, romp and chew. >> and he ate all the paper in the house he could get his teeth on. >> that's what got him into trouble back in march. it started when fred zoner and roberto inherited part of her mother's estate. that included two accounts at bank of america worth $49,000. >> i got the checks in march and they vanished. >> roberto received two checks and left them right here on this table with the rest of the mail. >> unfortunately we have a very young and very precocious puppy that decided to taste them. >> roberta's son, dan, says he's pretty sure what happened. the puppy was in full of mischief. dan found chewed-up wires and paper all over the house. so when the check went missing, all eyes turned to this little guy.

>> seriously jack ate the checks. >> we're not sure if he actually completely ate them, but i did find scraps of boa material all over. >> roberta contacted the bank. she was embarrassed to say they were in a dog's belly so she reported them lost. the bank confirmed no one cashed them. however, it would not replace the check for 90 days just to make sure. she knew the checks were in no shape for cashing, but she waited 90 days anyway and then waited longer and still no checks. >> i talked to eight different people in eight different call centers and they all promised to send me the money. they didn't send me the money. it just went on and on and on. >> we were getting so frustrated we didn't know what to do. >> she couldn't get the bank to reissue the checks. two months later she contacted 7 on your side. >> within an hour and a half an executive at bank of america called me. i was thrilled.

>> after our call the bank promptly issued new checks. dan picked them up and this time he did not bring them home. >> i didn't want jack to have a chance to eat them again. >> bank of america said there was a delay because the mother's account was maintained in a different state. and because roberta was calling a toll-free number instead of a bank manager. however, it still said such a delay is not normal and we regret it happened. >> now we can laugh at it. >> i was mad at him, but what can i do? he's a baby boy. >> if you lose a check the bank won't replace it until the check expires, and that's typically 09 -- that's 90 days. just to prevent future mishaps, roberta has trained her doing to chew on real kibble. >> up next. the guitar that allows you to play the of any song just by following the

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>> a former san jose engineer wanted to learn to play the guitar, but he found conventional methods frustrating so he came up with a solution, adding technology to the instrument. he calls it fret light. don sanchez shows us how to works. ♪ >> you can play notes and chords

as you follow the flashing lights. the notes appear as l.e.d. lights on the guitar. rusty shaver is the creator of what he calls fret light. >> normal traditional guitar learning wants you to go back and north from a book and the neck of the guitar. you go back and forth with what we call the head bob. you lose a lot of meaning in the translation. >> you put the notes on your guitar and read them and feel them. get instant feedback. >> there's your road map, there's your gps. >> he tried to involve regular guitarmakers in the process. >> they are not in the area of education. they are more like very classy furniture builders. >> so he manufactures the fret light himself and it's become a national product with growing interest. you know who has to give it a try. i have never played a guitar.

♪ >> good. >> not really. >> now, if you think this is difficult, imagine doing it without these lights. >> these lights -- you know what? you are fretting too far. >> i'm fretting about the whole thing. >> so i imagined i would sound more like this. ♪ ♪ >> all right. so clapton isn't likely to do a news story either. he wants to get it in stores. if he does, we can wind up with a world of guitar heroes. in san francisco, abc7 news. this morning sunday streets will head to north beach and chinatown. pedestrian, bicyclists and athletes and artists will take over the roadways for a few hours. sunday streets will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of ping-pong diplomacy. you might remember that's when the u.s. and china exchanged

table tennis players. it was one year before president nixon visited china. they will show off their skills in portsmouth square between 9 and 11:30 this morning. the entire program runs 11 to 4, and best of all, it is free. lisa, what a beautiful day for that. >> yeah, we are long overdue. low 70s downtown today. right now we are talking 50s in the city. the marine layer is out there but it's compressed. just at a couple hundred feet today. we will warm further. 82 palo alto, and 90 livermore. tomorrow another two to three degrees of warming. we will keep it that way on tuesday, and slowly we will see a sea breeze pick up, but very patchy fog right on through the rest of the week. autumn begins on friday. >> and all of a sudden it gets cold? >> no. >> that's bogey to do it for us. thank you for joining us. i'm carolyn tyler with lisa.

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good morning, america. this morning, tragedy at the air race. at least nine people now dead after that fiery crash. and just as we're learning new details about what may have brought down the plane, another fatal air show crash this weekend. these events are so popular that